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Then the one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water. After that, he may come back into the camp.

"The priest appointed to take his father's place, on whom the oil was poured, will perform the acts for making things ready for service to the Lord . He must put on the holy linen clothes

"Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the people of Israel. Tell them: ‘This is what the Lord has commanded.

that person must take his sacrifice to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it to the Lord . If he does not do this, he must be cut off from the people.

"‘If a person, either a citizen or a foreigner, eats an animal that died by itself or was killed by another animal, he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

If he does not wash his clothes and bathe his body, he will be guilty of sin.'"

"‘If your father and his wife have a daughter, she is your sister. You must not have sexual relations with her.

The man must bring a male sheep as his penalty offering to the Lord at the entrance to the Meeting Tent.

The priest will offer the sheep as a penalty offering before the Lord for the man's sin, to remove the sins of the man so he will belong to the Lord . Then he will be forgiven for his sin.

"You must also tell the people of Israel these things: ‘If a person in your country gives one of his children to Molech, that person must be killed. It doesn't matter if he is a citizen or a foreigner living in Israel; you must throw stones at him and kill him.

I will be against him and cut him off from his people, because he gave his children to Molech. He showed that he did not respect my holy name, and he made my Holy Place unclean.

The people of the community might ignore that person and not kill the one who gave his children to Molech.

But I will be against him and his family, and I will cut him off from his people. I will do this to anyone who follows him in being unfaithful to me by worshiping Molech.

"‘I will be against anyone who goes to mediums and fortune-tellers for advice, because that person is being unfaithful to me. So I will cut him off from his people.

"‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, so he has brought his own death on himself.

"‘If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor's wife, both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery and must be put to death.

If a man has sexual relations with his father's wife, he has shamed his father, and both the man and his father's wife must be put to death. They have brought it on themselves.

"‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is not natural. They have brought their own deaths on themselves.

"‘It is shameful for a brother to marry his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and to have sexual relations with her. In front of everyone they must both be cut off from their people. The man has shamed his sister, and he is guilty of sin.

"‘If a man has sexual relations with his uncle's wife, he has shamed his uncle. That man and his uncle's wife will die without children; they are guilty of sin.